Post on 24-Feb-2016
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Mapping European Conquest
of the Americas
The Geo-Political World Today
About 200 Nations with About 7 Billion People
Habitable Land on Planet Earth
Larger Civilizations in 1500
Ancient “Silk Road”
Larger Civilizations in 1500
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Larger Civilizations in 1500
South American Native CulturesPrior to European Conquest
North American Native CulturesPrior to European Conquest
Temple at Tenochtitlan
Cultural Sophistication
Europeans Arrive in the Americas1492
European
Conquest
of the Americas around
1780
How did Europeans Think About “La Conquista” Mural
Conquest? By Diego Rivera
Let’s analyze some historical primary source documents
• Bull Romanus Pontifex (1454)
• Bull Inter Caetera (1493)
• Requerimiento (1513)
The Doctrin
eOf
Discovery
Modern Application at UN (2012)